Van

• IPA^(key): /væn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophone: van

Shortening.

Van

1. A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor:

     'Beautiful idea,' said Van as he helped Ada to heat the tank, fill the old battered bath and warm a couple of towels.

Shortening.

Van

1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.

Akhtamar Island on Lake Van, with the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, a 10th century Armenian church and monastic complex

From Turkish Van, from Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

Van

1. A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
2. Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey).
3. Van (a province of Turkey).

Abbreviation of Vancouver.

• Van., VAN

Van

1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.

• East Van
• North Van
• South Van
• West Van

Backformed from Van cat and Turkish Van.

Van (plural Vans)

1. A Van cat.
2. A Turkish Van cat.

• AVN, NAV, NVA, nav

Borrowed from English van.

• IPA^(key): /væn/, /vɛn/

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Van m (strong, genitive Vans, plural Vans)

1. van

• “Van” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑn/

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Van

1. Van (a province and city in Turkey)

• Vanlı

• (provinces of Turkey) Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Iğdır, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Uşak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak ^{(Category: tr:Provinces of Turkey)}